The week before HALLOWEEN seems like a great time to share this fun news. I get to teach one of my favorite courses this SPRING as a HC Seminar. "Passion courses" are great for faculty and students alike!! Yes, we will talk about some scary stuff!!!!

Do intro psych books reflect research in high impact journals?

Do you have students who could use some extra help with APA style?? Our 5th edition is now completely updated to address writing in a world with AI. Get your examination copy here: lnkd.in/gkR9B3YU

Doing a Discovery Showcase Oct 23rd that can apply to near any class. I have been thinking a lot about increasing attendance, interest, and engagement in face to face classes and this represents some of my suggestions. Free. lnkd.in/gzz97RDU

Big shout out to all the teachers in higher education and here's hoping more good students decide to give it a try (even with all the challenges involved). www.psichi.org/page/301EyeF...

Want a summary of the MOST important tips on how to study effectively? This short video compiles a wealth of scientific research into one tight conversation starter. Great for the start of the school year or anytime!! Please share widely!!! youtu.be/5GcIAzbmofc

Appreciated the opportunity to reflect on what forms the core of my teaching philosophy as I prepare for the start of another academic year. Sometimes, what you were interested in during graduate education can become a through line for your academic life. lnkd.in/eJR-3b4w

Interested in SoTL and looking for fodder for new studies? Take a look at this piece: We need something completely different: Catalysing new innovations in teaching www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

It is so much fun to talk about teaching and learning with folks who are passionate about it!!! Especially stimulating to riff on current issues in higher ed. Thank you Learning Cosmos for hosting a really fun podcast with John Dunlosky and me. Substack: lnkd.in/gQN5D2G9 YouTube: lnkd.in/g8aiNisv

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!!! The Intro Psych Academy is a one-day, high-impact workshop designed to help psychology instructors transform their Introductory Psychology courses. 📅 November 6–7, 2025 Space is limited—register soon! 🔗 Learn more & sign up at intropsychacademy.com

Looking for a quick check-list of sorts as you prepare to start the new academic year? I just revised my HIPPR site and collated some key class specific teaching tips. Happy beginnings. hippr.oregonstate.edu/teach-intro-...

Thanks Lou!! First printing now sold out. Second printing available 9/2!!!! Happy summer reading!!

A new academic year looms. In the spirit of fostering metacognition, consider having your students complete a self-assessment of their study styles, note-taking skills, or more. This takes the work out of it for you -- students automatically get information about responses. Try it. lnkd.in/gfawUWzC

Students watching too much on their phones? Maybe they should watch this. A heck of a quick tour of over 85 tips WITH the relevant research cited, by @harvard.edu's Enrico De Cicco. Scroll down to Enrico in his bright yellow sweatshirt. References and more: regangurung.wixsite.com/pip2022/serv...

This article is worth reading! Thanks ‪@the74.bsky.social‬ www.the74million.org/article/cogn... #teachlearnsky #Edusky

A fact to live by.

Summer food for thought. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

THE REVEAL. I can finally share an exciting bit of academic news!! I am thrilled and honored to join a project of mammoth proportions, his Intro Psych book. I have taught over 15,000 students in the class,Now I get a chance to reach even more students. Yes, a bucket list item!!!

A NEW Teaching Current Directions offers lesson plans on merging realities, goals, and selves in relationships. @reganargurung.bsky.social #Teaching

The 2025 @oregonstate High School Teachers of Psychology Workshop is a wrap!!! New friends. New information. Great times!!! So glad to share the campus and Oregon with passionate teachers of psych. #OSUHSPSYCH25. @oregonstate.edu

Here's a "thrival" guide I created for my own intro cog psych class, using PowerPoint (modeled after @reganargurung.bsky.social's more artistic version). If you find it useful, I made a PPT file available here (tinyurl.com/ym8mkamj) so that you could create a thrival thrival guide of your own.

Most heartwarming for me is how students rise up challenges and actually seemed to thrive. Last day pictures here. I LOVE THESE SMILING FACES. Students know that we faculty so enjoy working with you and miss you when class is done. HAPPY SUMMER ALL !!!

A new year end tradition: @oregonstate Dept. Food Science and Technology Beaver Classic Creamery ice cream party for the #ASCLab !!! So glad to have a great team. All the best for finals Oregon State University. Great way to celebrate the last day of classes.

"When I got back to class (after presenting at the symposium), I JUST FELT SMARTER." Yes, helping students to present takes time and energy but one need do no more than listen to them after it to see why we need to do it more.

Just back from the WPA conference and it was EPIC. A refreshing reminder of how many enthusiastic, hardworking, and conscientious students there are. SO PROUD of my Lab @oregonstate.edu . Set a PR- 20 students from my lab attended and we gave 4 talks, presented3 symposia, and had 17 posters!!!!

Excited for #WPA2025 kicking off soon. The #asclab worked hard and has numerous posters, talks, and symposia. Interested in what we do? Come by and chat!! Looking forward to a busy and intellectually stimulating conference and so proud of lab's strong work!!

Will giving your students a 48-hour buffer on assignments increase procrastination or result in lower grades? Not necessarily so!!! This just out, our assessment of the effects of an easy way for students to get extensions, and a buffer. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

If you like to hear different perspectives on AI with a heavy focus on teaching and learning, try out this new Podcast series from Joseph J. Slade Oregon State University. psychsessions.org/2025/03/21/p...

Happy end of winter term!! Love seeing student humor that makes relevant psych material connections!!

It is reassuring to see so many friends and colleagues share objective takes on current affairs. This piece is a suggested pathway not easy or comfortable (or even suggested) for all, but I hope it empowers more. www.teachingprofessor.com/topics/teach... [Available via university accounts.

Like podcasts? Here is some easy listening. Join John Dunlosky and me chatting about student learning. open.spotify.com/episode/0UQq... We explore why strong research makes for better teaching, how to identify the most effective study strategies, and what it really takes to improve student success.

Keep at it science.

And now for something a little different....The news making you run for the hills? Consider talking about some ecospiritualism....Lots of intro psych connections.

So many things to worry the educator. As someone teaching large classes with many students with nonbinary identities, making sure to keep walking the walk as long as possible in my own pedagogy and approach to science. Sharing it widely.

Building trust is a good part of caring. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

So interesting to reflect on different takes on priorities for the classroom. Was fun to play David to James' Goliath. There is more to college/class success that knowing the subject (content). These are some tough times in higher ed. A good reminder for us all to be more patient with each other.

If you teach high school psychology you do not want to miss this. Come on out to Oregon this June for a great professional development activity: Applications opening soon: BEAV.ES/2025apa

Nice shout out to you, @reganargurung.bsky.social!

May you all get some down time this break and enjoy uptime too.

May many of you have mostly positive associations with the thanksgiving break. So looking forward to my son’s first visit home from college

A lot of fun meeting passionate teachers!!!

Do You also teach HEALTH Psychology? Know someone who does? Help us get a pulse of how the course is taught and build a new resource for teaching the class. Please share with health psychologists you know! bit.ly/TeachHP24

Take your syllabus up to a WHOLE new level. Have AI create a PODCAST of your syllabus. Just take a listen to this!!! Played up the things that I care about. Created with the brand new Notebook LLM AI from google. bit.ly/syllabuspodc...

Building student (and faculty) AI literacy is and should be a major priority as we head into Fall term 2024. Great new guide out from Elon University and @AAC&U. A student guide to AI. Linking it to my course page. studentguidetoai.org

So many ways to use the debate in class.....confirmation bias, gender dynamics, and of course, critical thinking. May you be in a region, school, university, where discussing the debate in class is possible.

I am passionate about teaching Introductory Psychology and helping others design, develop, and teach, the course. Garth Neufeld and I present our first INTRO PSYCH ACADEMY November 8th (only 3 spots left). A day devoted to design For more info and to register: go.macmillanlearning.com/IPA2024.html

Sign up for our new podcast! It's a fresh take on the topics you read about in the Chronicle. I had the opportunity to talk to Jack Stripling, our host, about my story, Is This the End of Reading? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Looking for a graduation present for that high school student or college student you know? I have heard from numerous friends, students, and teachers who said they got a lot out of this little book. Humble (but unabashedly bold) plug. bit.ly/studyc

A bottom line to two of the most recent books out on AI and work and education: PROMPT WISELY. Some tips on how and reflections: lnkd.in/gdJVVf5r

"While no one should be a fan of wanton academic dishonesty or flagrant unsanctioned AI aid on assignments, fears of AI use for cheating distract us from bigger issues." blogs.oregonstate.edu/osuteaching/...